Three Found Guilty Of Killing Natomas High Coach

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) -- Three men accused of gunning down a high school football coach last year were all found guilty Thursday, Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully said.

Dejon Murray, Kenneth Owens and Maurice Reed were each convicted by three separate juries of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Natomas High School assistant football coach Salvador Heredia-Arriaga on March 26, 2010.

Heredia-Arriaga went to visit his friends at an apartment complex in south Natomas in 2600 block of River Plaza Drive. He was shot and killed by the defendants after he walked by as they were robbing a pot dealer.

Murray, 19, was convicted Thursday, Owens, 24, on Wednesday and Reed on Tuesday. Sentencing for all three is set for Nov. 18.

"Execruciating," Heredia-Arriaga's mother, Susan, said of the week in court. "It's been a long process."

Heredia-Arriaga played for and graduated from Natomas High and was tutoring students at the school. He was also attending law school.

Six players were awarded scholarships in June in Heredia-Arriaga's name.